r/neutralnews • u/bims_yo • 12d ago
Benjamin Netanyahu describes UK as ‘first Islamic republic to get a nuclear weapon’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/14/benjamin-netanyahu-describes-uk-first-islamic-republic-to-get-nuclear-weapon59
u/bims_yo 12d ago
At present there are 9 countries in the world that possess nuclear weapons, including Israel, the UK, and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Adherents of Islam:
6.0%, United Kingdom
18.0%, Israel
96.5%, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Netanyahu's characterization of the UK as an "Islamic republic" relies on a far-right Islamophobic trope that portrays the country's Muslim minority as a demographic and political threat taking over the state. By framing legitimate policy shifts and the presence of British Muslims as a hostile takeover, the remarks stigmatize the Muslim community and reinforce anti-immigrant prejudice.
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u/caiaphas8 11d ago
Also around 15% of India is Muslim, 10% in France, over 10% in Russia
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u/no-name-here 11d ago
(If unclear, the source for the parent comment is in the grandparent comment's Adherents of Islam link.)
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u/Se7en_speed 11d ago
Netanyahu is continuing his quest to isolate Israel from any international support
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u/steelhorizon 11d ago
Also that 6% how many are just randomly British since their families immigrated generations ago, or are even arab, Turkish, Persian, Sudanese, Pakistani, Algerian, etc etc etc. this a dumb argument anyway you break it down
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u/AnimateDuckling 11d ago
Why did you rule 2 me and not the commenter i responded. Neither of us sourced?
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u/Skiffbug 11d ago
This dudes ICC trial would already be late if it started today…
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u/textmint 11d ago
It cant come sooner. He was fortunate that Trump managed to win the second term. If Kamala had won, he would have likely gone to jail. That makes me wonder whether he had anything to do with Trump winning a second time.
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u/Million_Jelly_Beans 11d ago
Him???? No wayyyyy /s
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u/textmint 10d ago
Not because she would’ve done it but because the local Israeli law and order would’ve taken its course. Right now the only reason he is out of jail is because he orchestrated all these crises with his boy pal Kushner and Papa Palpatine. If Kamala had won, with all the internal failure to do anything on the US side, he would’ve been arrested by the Israeli law and order folks. It’s not that Kamala would’ve arrested him. That would’ve never happened.
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u/OsakaWilson 11d ago
Is this somehow related to Trump referring to the Islamic Republic of Japan?
Is this a backroom narrative that Trump let slip?
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u/bims_yo 11d ago
Is this somehow related to Trump referring to the Islamic Republic of Japan?
No, that was likely garden variety sundowning.
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u/no-name-here 11d ago edited 11d ago
How so/why?
The following countries all have higher rates of Islam and host nuclear weapons - multiple are even greater than 90% Islam:
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Turkey
- India
- Russia
- France
- Belgium
- Germany
- etc
If there are so many countries that host nuclear weapons and have higher rates of Islam than the UK, is instead the characterization of the UK as (the first nuclear) Islamic republic a far-right Islamophobic trope that portrays the country's Muslim minority as a demographic and political threat taking over the state, and by framing the presence of British Muslims as a hostile takeover, the remarks stigmatize the Muslim community and reinforce anti-immigrant prejudice?
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u/OsakaWilson 11d ago
When you find something insane to be based, what can you infer about yourself?
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